J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes

J. R. R. Tolkien (26)

Birth:	3rd January, 1892
Death:	2nd September, 1973
Nationality:	British
Profession:	Poet, Author, Philologist

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• Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Faith

• And it is not our part here to take thought only for a season, or for a few lives of Men, or for a passing age of the world.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Topics in Age, Funny, Wisdom

• Remember what Bilbo used to say: It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Topics in Wisdom

  Tags in Adventure, Travel

• If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Happiness

• Short cuts make long delays.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Topics in Humor

• I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Topics in Humor

• Ho! Ho! Ho! To the bottle I go
  To heal my heart and drown my woe
  Rain may fall, and wind may blow
  And many miles be still to go
  But under a tall tree will I lie
  And let the clouds go sailing by.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Poetry

• All that is gold does not glitter,
  Not all those who wander are lost;
  The old that is strong does not wither,
  Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
  From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
  A light from the shadows shall spring;
  Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
  The crownless again shall be king.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

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• I don’t know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Topics in Life
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  Still round the corner there may wait, A new road or a secret gate.

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  Little by little, one travels far.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Travels, Far
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  I am looking for someone to share in an adventure.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

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  Tags in Adventure, Looking
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  Not all those who wander are lost.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Wander

• We are a plain quiet folk and have no use for adventures.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

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  Tags in Adventure

• Not all who wander are lost.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

• It’s the job that’s never started takes longest to finish.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

• It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

• I wish life was not so short, he thought. languages take such a time, and so do all the things one wants to know about.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

• I am told that I talk in shorthand and then smudge it.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

• Go not to the elves for counsel, for they will say both yes and no.

  J. R. R. Tolkien